English and Chinese belong to different language families, and great disparity exists in word formation, sentence structure, and word order.

英语和汉语分别属于两种不同的语系，在词的构成、词形变化、句法结构和词序等均存在很大差异。

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This paper focuses on the features of the various forms of the four-syllable word formation in the language from three angles, the angles of word formation, metre and semantic meaning.

本文主要从构词、节律和语义三个角度讨论拉祜语四音格词的特点。

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Chapter three studies from the rhetorical aspect, investigating the rhetoric in the word formation and the rhetorical effect of "Yuan Drama Selection" three-syllable word.

第三章主要从修辞层面着手，探讨《元曲选》三音词词义构成所用的修辞手法以及《元曲选》中三音词的修辞效果。

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And how, for example, do you treat a German compound verb, or a Hungarian word formation which can incorporate a whole sentence?

ECONOMIST: Shape-shifting